Reuters US Top

By Rory Carroll (Reuters) -The Golden State Warriors cemented their place as one of the NBA’s great dynasties with Thursday’s 103-90 Game Six win over the Boston Celtics sealing their fourth Championship in eight seasons. The 4-2 Finals series win brought the Warriors a seventh championship, breaking a tie with the Chicago Bulls for sole …

NBA-Golden dynasty: Warriors win fourth NBA Championship in eight years Read More »

(Reuters) – Abbott Laboratories has stopped production of the EleCare specialty baby formula at its plant in southwestern Michigan after thunderstorms and heavy rains flooded parts of the facility. The pause announced on Wednesday marked the latest setback for the recently reopened Sturgis plant, which has been at the center of a baby formula shortage …

Abbott halts EleCare output from plant at center of baby formula shortage Read More »

By Natalia Zinets KYIV (Reuters) – The leaders of Germany, France and Italy rode into Kyiv on an overnight train on Thursday in a joint demonstration of support for Ukraine, where officials were pleading for more and faster deliveries of Western arms to hold off Russia’s assault. “It’s an important moment. It’s a message of …

German, French, Italian leaders ride into Kyiv with ‘message of unity’ Read More »

By Jake Spring and Bruno Kelly ATALAIA DO NORTE, Brazil (Reuters) -Police have found human remains in their search for British journalist Dom Phillips and Brazilian indigenous expert Bruno Pereira after a suspect confessed to killing them in the Amazon rainforest, investigators said on Wednesday. The suspect, a fisherman who had clashed with Pereira over …

Brazil police find remains in search for UK journalist, suspect confesses – investigators Read More »

LONDON (Reuters) -Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey appeared at a British court on Thursday to face allegations of sex offences after he was charged by London police earlier this week. Spacey is accused of five offences: four counts of sexual assault, and a further charge of causing a person to engage in penetrative sexual activity without …

Actor Kevin Spacey appears at UK court to face sex assault charges Read More »

By Jarrett Renshaw and Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden will meet Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during a trip to the Middle East in July, in a break with his campaign pledge of making the kingdom a “pariah” as he struggles to combat record high U.S. gasoline prices. Weeks after taking …

Biden to meet with Saudi crown prince despite ‘pariah’ pledge Read More »

By Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO (Reuters) – R.M.R Lenora stood in a snaking queue outside Sri Lanka’s Immigration and Emigration Department headquarters for two days last week, hoping to get a passport and, with it, a chance to leave a country wilting under an economic crisis. A garment worker, 33-year-old Lenora decided to apply for a …

Battered by economic crisis, Sri Lankans seek passport to a better life Read More »

ZURICH (Reuters) – Swiss drugmaker Roche said on Thursday its Alzheimer’s medicine crenezumab did not slow or prevent cognitive decline in people with a specific genetic mutation which causes early-onset of the disease, a study showed, in another blow after a recent setback with cancer treatment tiragolumab. Crenezumab did not show a statistically significant clinical …

Roche suffers setback with Alzheimer’s treatment Read More »

By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -Ghislaine Maxwell should spend fewer, and perhaps far fewer, than 20 years in prison for helping deceased financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse teenage girls, her lawyers said on Wednesday, arguing that Epstein was the “mastermind” behind the abuse. Maxwell, 60, “cannot and should not bear all the punishment for …

Ghislaine Maxwell’s lawyers urge leniency ahead of sex trafficking sentencing Read More »